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Bridgewater State student arrested after Nerf gun scare

Published On: Nov 16 2013 08:22:06 AM EST

Bridgewater Police

Christopher Tutkus, 22, of Winter Street, Brockton was arrested Friday after Bridgewater State University campus police said he was swinging what appeared to be a long rifle back and forth "in a menacing way" before entering the school's library.

BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -

A Bridgewater State University student caused a scare on campus Friday morning after police said he was swinging what appeared to be a long rifle back and forth "in a menacing way" before entering the school's library, our news partners at The Enterprise reported.

Campus police received several 911 calls about 7:40 a.m. that a student in a long black leather trench coat was toting what appeared to be a gun around campus.

The gun turned out to be a plastic Nerf toy gun that the man was carrying as part of a game played by students called "Humans vs. Zombies."

"It had a piece of gray cloth wrapped around it and that sort of concealed that it was a replica gun or a toy gun," Tillinghast said. "They didn't know what it was but it gave the appearance of a real gun at the time they saw him."

Police say the student, Christopher Tutkus, 22, of Winter Street in Brockton, was also found to be carrying a folded knife that was about 7 inches long.

Tutkus was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace and possession of a dangerous weapon, a knife.